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Today I am going to talk about my finished pit fire piece. The progress of creating my piece begin with clay, which I used coil to create my box and its lid. Then I let it dry before beginning the actual pit fire progress. This progress began with covering it with an acid called ferric chloride before wrapping it with other objects that I brought to burn it. I brought eggs shells, hair, and dog food but I actually used in my piece is some of the egg shells, dog food, two different type of salt, the ferric chloride, and two long piece of black wire. The ferric chloride was used to create a red orange color, the wires was there to add black as well as dog food for a black and brown color, and the acid that we sprayed at Sudkamp's house was there to add blue. The egg shells were there to create a unique pattern. Once I had everything around my piece, I wrapped it around a yellow piece of paper then aluminium foil. Next step of this progress is the actually burning, where we did at Sudkamp's house and once it cool down, Sudkamp brought it to school. We ended the progress of pit fire here after I covered it in spray scealer for the shine. I think that in general I was successful in the general shape and texture of my piece, which ended up pretty smooth and box like exactly like I wanted. I also did well in the general covering of my piece, which is completely covered. The only thing that I would do again is the general coloring of my piece. I wanted more color to my piece; it ended up too brown for my taste. I wanted to have more red, blues, and bright colors throughout my piece. I noticed that some people sprayed some normal paint around their piece before firing. If I could have done it again, I would have added some paint to my box. I also would have put more egg shells around my piece in prder to create more of a pattern throughout and perhaps less dog food to get rid of that dark brown color. Overall, I like my piece and I enjoyed the pit fire progress. I would definitely do it again if I have the chance. Thank you for reading and hoped you enjoyed!!
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